Dr. Bandar bin Sulaiman Al-Jamea has been appointed acting chief executive of the Saudi General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM). Al-Jamea has been CEO of the commission’s corporate services division since January 2019, and his promotion was announced on Sunday following approval by Saudi minister of media, Turki Al-Shabanah. GCAM aims to providing various entertainment opportunities for everyone, which will enhance and contribute to diversifying the economy. Previously, Al-Jamea served in several governmental positions, most recently as adviser to the minister of Islamic affairs and supervised the establishment of the general director of human resources at the Ministry of Islamic Affairs. For many years Al-Jamea held the role of general director of human resources at the Saudi Ministry of Civil Service, which he joined in 1996. During his time at the ministry, he developed its new performance management regulations and guidance manual in line with the goals of the King Salman program for human resources development. The initiative aims to raise the performance quality and productivity of human resources in the Kingdom, building their functional abilities, and preparing and developing leaders. Royal approval of the program included assigning the Ministry of Civil Service to set the standards and mechanisms of implementing the scheme to achieve its targets. Al-Jamea was also an adviser to the Saudi Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs between 2018 and 2019.